| Dean Hachenberg June 9, 1924 June 13, 2009 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Virgil and Lavon Wiersig E-mail = vlwiersig@sbcglobal.net Phone Number = 580-327-1536 Memorial Name = Dean Hachenberg Comments = Dear Florene,Donita,Bruce and Andrea, Our deepest sympathy is with all of you. We always enjoyed visiting with Dean. May beautiful memories of your loved one give you strength and comfort. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Name = Dorothea Millward E-mail = catkreutz@netzero.net Phone Number = 303-366-3381 Memorial Name = Dean Hachenberg Comments = I was so sorry to hear about Dean. I am in Arizona at my daughter's home and won't be able to attend the funeral. My thoughts and prayers will be with the family on this sad day. Name = Clyde A. and Marie W. Walton E-mail = vtundertaker87@comcast.net Memorial Name = Dean Hachenberg Comments = Florene, Bruce, Donita and Andrea, We send our love to our wonderful Arkansas friends. We know it has been a difficult road for the past few years.Hold onto to those good memories and know you are loved. |
| Hot Springs, Arkansas-Funeral service for Dean Hachenberg, 85, will be Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 9:00 A.M. at the Goltry Congregational UCC with Rev. Joel Thompson officiating. Burial will be at Karoma Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. in Helena. Viewing will be Wednesday from 1:00 P. M. until 8:00 P.M. and before the service at the church. Memories may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Dean was born on June 9, 1924 in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Lester Hachenberg and Annie Reily Hachenberg and passed from this life on June 13, 2009 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Dean married Florene Pekrul on November 23, 1949 in the Goltry Congregational Church and celebrated 59 years of marriage. He was a veteran of twelve campaigns during World War II. His military awards included the American Area Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and eight stars, the Philippine Liberation Medal and one star, a Navy United Commendation Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the Victory World War II Medal. He participated in action at Kiska, Tarawa, Kwajalein Atoll, Eniwetok Atoll, Kavieng, Saipan, Tinian, Angaur Island, Iwo Jima and Leyte Island. His ship, the USS Tennessee (BB43), took fire from shore batteries and numerous air attacks including a direct hit by a Japanese suicide plane. He participated in the night Battle of Surigao Straits, which was the last time in naval history that major surface combatants (battleships) directly fought each other. This man lived the history that the rest of us can only ask or read about. After being honorably discharged he returned to civilian life and earned a masters degree in school administration with an undergraduate degree in math. He not only rose to become a school superintendent, and later became a petroleum engineer. He and Florene lived in various places in western Oklahoma and southwestern Kanas: Liberal for 13 years, Olatha for 11 years, Augusta, Kansas for 15 years, then to Hot Springs to live near their daughter for 7 years. Dean taught in Bishop, Ft. Supply and Cherokee Oklahoma Schools and Ingalls and Kismet Kansas Schools. He loved trailering, was a ham radio operator, was a KCCH Mason and a Shriner at the Wichita Temple. Dean was a member of Piney Grove United Methodist Church in Hot Springs. Survivors include his wife, Florene of Hot Springs, Arkansas and Bruce, Donita and Andrea Balfour of Royal, Arkansas. Those who preceded Dean in death include his parents and one brother, Derald. Memorials may be given to the American Diabetes Association or the charily of the donor’s choice through the funeral home. |
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